After arriving and meeting up at the church, we packed into cars and drove up to Dodge Ridge for this year’s Klondike derby. This year our crew and troop had our own Klondike outside of the usual council run outing because the council could not reserve the usual place at Cisco Grove. However, with the help of the numerous helpful adult leaders in the crew and the troop, we could pull together a similar event to what the council has done in the past. When we arrived at the site we unpacked our equipment and hiked up through the snow to the site and made snow shelters to sleep in for the night. After doing that we had a hot dinner and slept in the shelters we had made. The next day we competed in many Klondike based events ranging from spear throwing to tobacco spitting (not real tobacco obviously, we were provided with licorice). After the events were over, we broke down the shelters we had made and packed out, as well as visiting an In-and-Out for dinner.
By Khai